The more important division of the literary relations of the two men is the direct influence of Hunt's work upon that of Keats. On Keats's prose style Hunt's influence was very slight and can be quickly dismissed. At one time Keats, affected perhaps by Hunt's example, thought of becoming a theatrical critic. He did actually contribute four articles to _The Champion_. Keats's favorite of Hunt's essays, _A Now_, contains several passages composed by Keats. Mr. Forman considers that "the greater part of the paper is so much in the taste and humor of Keats" that he is justified in including it in his edition of Keats. He has also called attention to a passage in Keats's letter to Haydon of April 10, 1818, which bears a striking likeness to Hunt's occasional essay style: "The Hedges by this time are beginning to leaf--Cats are becoming more vociferous--Young Ladies who wear Watches are always looking at them. Women about forty-five think the Season very backward." The _Poems_ of 1817 show Hunt's influences in spirit, diction and versification. There are epistles and sonnets in the manner of Hunt. _I stood tiptoe upon a little hill_ opens the volume with a motto from the _Story of Rimini_. The _Specimen of an Induction_ and _Calidore_ so nearly approach Hunt's work in manner, that they might easily be mistaken for it. _Sleep and Poetry_ attacks French models as Hunt had previously done. The colloquial style of certain passages is significant of Hunt's influence upon the poems. A few examples are: "To peer about upon variety."[160] "Or by the bowery clefts, and leafy shelves Guess where the jaunty streams refresh themselves."[161] "The ripples seem right glad to reach those cresses."[162] "... you just now are stooping To pick up the keepsake intended for me."[163] "Of this fair world, and all its gentle livers."[164] "The evening weather was so bright, and clear, That men of health were of unusual cheer."[165] "Linger awhile upon some bending planks That lean against a streamlet's rushy banks, And watch intently Nature's gentle doings: They will be found softer than the ring-dove's cooings."[166] "The lamps that from the high roof'd wall were pendant And gave the steel a shining quite transcendent."[167] "Or on the wavy grass outstretch'd supinely, Pry 'mong the stars, to strive to think divinely."[168] The following are infelicitous passages reflecting Leigh Hunt's bad taste, especially in the description of physical appearance, or of situations involving emotion: "... what amorous and fondling nips They gave each other's cheeks."[169] "... some lady sweet Who cannot feel for cold her tender feet."[170] "Rein in the swelling of his ample might."[171] "Nor will a bee buzz round two swelling peaches."[172]